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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination
June, 2016
ELECTIVE COURSE: ENGLISH

BEGE-102 THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN
ENGLISH

Time Iwurs Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions.

1. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Voiced sounds and voiceless sounds

(ii) Imperatives

(iii) Negative prefixes

(iv) Weak forms Mark the stress in the following words: 10 object (verb)

(ii) material

(iii) secondary

(iv) application anxious

(vi) secularism

(vii) canteen

(viii) potatoes
democracy
conversion

2. Give the phonetic symbols for the following description of the English consonants: One is done for you.

voiced bilabial plosive. voiced alveolar plosive

(ii) voiceless bilabial plosive

(iii) voiceless bilabial nasal
voiced labiodental fricative
voiced affricate

Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes
sheepishly

(ii) dedication

(iii) beautifully

(iv) illegal objectionable

Write short notes on any two of the following:
Types of negation

(ii) Basic sentence patterns

(iii) Subject verb agreement

(iv) Conversion as a morphological device Inflectional and derivational morphology

3. Explain with examples the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses.

OR

Write a note on the different types of questions, giving examples.

Supply question tags to each of the following sentences:
She has got a new dress,

(ii) You were born in Singapore,

(iii) Let's go for a walk,

(iv) She is taller than her sister, The weather is quite pleasant,
Frame wh-question corresponding to the bold italicized part in the following sentences: My father gave me this book.

(ii) I visited Lucknow last year.

(iii) My brother has gone abroad.

(iv) She did not get good marks because she didn't work hard. I have five hundred rupees in my pocket.

4. Explain the difference between finite and non-finite verbs, give examples.

Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets
He (work) in this office since 2005.
I to Kerala last year.

(iii) I (have) three pairs of jeans.
She (visit) her sister very frequently.
When I reached the station, the train (left).

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable words
you lend me your pen please

(ii) I have the pleasure of your company

(iii) When I was young, I eat too many chocolates.
We obey traffic rules. One not enter into an argument unnecessarily.

5. Bring out the difference between complex and compound sentences. Give five examples of each type.

Do as directed She is too weak to run fast. (rewrite removing too)

(ii) The Himalayan Tsunami caused a lot of damage.

(rewrite in the passive voice)

(iii) Go straight. You will find the place.

(Combine into a complex sentence using adverb clause of condition)

(iv) I can never forget your kindness.

(rewrite as an interrogative sentence) Cotton is not as durable as polyster.

(rewrite as affirmative)
Correct the following sentences 5
I have read the novel last year.
I can't cope up with the stress of modem life.

(iii) Ganges is the holy river.

(iv) I am having many good friends. Yesterday was coldest day of the season.